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London: George Routledge and Sons, [1872]. First Edition, Early Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 150, [5] pages. In Good plus condition, and housed in modern cloth slipcase with chemise. Spine tan with black lettering. Slip case light brown with gilt lettering on black spine label. Early Printing, with endpapers imprinted with advertisements, imprint of Bradbury, Agnew on page 150, statement on verso of title page, and advertisements on L4. Notoriously fragile. Scuffing to boards and along edges. Splitting to spine, with webbing exposed. Tape reinforcement to rear gutter. Front board partially detached, measuring about 4 inches from head of spine. Age-toning to interior pages. Writing on front free endpaper and title page. Shelved in Case 3. Routledge printed nearly 1300 titles in their Railway Library series beginning in 1848. Frequently sold near train stations and other hubs, they were intended for traveling reading, and many did not survive the journeys. Routledge used eye-catching covers to… Read More

London: George Routledge & Sons,, [1872]. A rare yellowback survival First edition, early impression. For this uncommon edition, which contains the first appearance in book form of 14 of its 15 stories, Twain edited the pieces from their US serialization by "generally toning down his language to suit his notion of a British audience" (MTPO). He visited his English publisher Routledge later that year and received from literary London his greatest reception yet. "It was in England that Mark Twain was first made to feel that he had come into his rightful heritage. Whatever may have been the doubts concerning him in America, there was no question in England" (Paine, p. 462). Routledge, in their efforts to secure the British copyright for works by American authors, launched the Routledge's American Library series with Twain's Celebrated Jumping Frog in 1867. A Curious Dream is the eighth instalment in the series; back home, its title story made "a lasting impression on [Twain's] Buffalo readers... It… Read More